Lamar Jackson threw three touchdown passes, including two to Devin Duvernay, en route to a 24-9 victory for the Baltimore Ravens, who doomed the Jets (0-1) to their fourth consecutive opening week loss.
The teams exchanged punts over their first four combined possessions, but the Jets broke the streak in the most distressing way possible: Joe Flacco’s pass to a fallen Lawrence Cager instead ended up in the arms of newcomer Marcus Williams, a turnover that set up Justin Tucker’s short 24-yard field goal.
Though the Jets’ defense held the Ravens’ offense in check (namely a run game that was missing J.